Laura is a science news writer, covering a wide variety of subjects, but she is particularly fascinated by all things aquatic, paleontology, nanotechnology, and exploring how science influences daily life. Laura is a proud former resident of the New Jersey shore, a competitive swimmer, and a fierce defender of the Oxford comma.
ArticleBody:For the second consecutive year and fourth time overall, Travis Gienger won the 51st Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off. This year’s grand prize winner named Rudy clocked in at 2,471 pounds. If you can't quite picture how heavy that is, it's two times as heavy as a grizzly bear, half as heavy as a Rhinoceros, two-thirds as heavy as a car, and enough to flavor 74,794 pumpkin spice lattes.
” The annual Half Moon Bay Art & Pumpkin Festival draws thousands of visitors to Half Moon Bay, California every year for multiple pumpkin-themed activities. The coastal city is known for large pumpkin patches. Growing gargantuan gourds like these first took off during the 1970s, but it was not until 1996 that the first 1,000 pounder hit the pumpkin growing scene. Growers use special seeds that are annually swapped to create giant gourds.
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